Sigh. This sounds like my kind of holiday. 'Intentionally unscripted' is the mantra for time spent at
Babylonstoren in the Cape. One can lounge and truly wind-down on one of the hammocks attached to giant trees, or pick one's own salad on a stroll through the remarkable fruit and vegetable garden, and enjoy it for lunch. Sounds rather blissful, doesn't it? Karen Roos, one of my all-time style icons, is responsible for creating this heavenly 200-hectare farm hotel dating back to 1692. A disused kraal was converted into the restaurant
Babel (see below), and renowned South African food fundi, Maranda Engelbrecht describes the fare as "
Not looking for different things, but simply looking at things differently". The menu is ever-changing as
plat de jour, or rather
jardin is the order of the day.
Pick-clean-serve is the approach with practically zero carbon footprint. Kind-of reminds me a bit of
Villa Augustus in the Netherlands...
The Library is vintage Karen Roos - filled with curiousity cabinets and carefully chosen books, antique botanical prints all bathed in an almost Deyroll-eqsue green.
Images from
here and
Elle
